Vincente. which left Lisbon on May 20. -or one day after the law was signed by the President. the schooner William 1I. Draper. which left Cape Verde April 30. or nearly I three weeks before the President signed the bill. the schooner Emmia and Helen. which left Cape Verde May 7. All of those had immigrants in small numbers. So in the consideration of this measure you must consider the fact that the immigrants from Spain and Portugal had set out for the United States before the act of May 19 was the law. and that they brought immigrants from countries whose quotas were !filled by the. flrst arrivals. Now. then. in addition to that. several .ships of regular lines left Italy. departing prior to June 3 or soon thereafter on their regular days of departure. bringing immigrants. Some of these ships arrived on June 2. one day before this 3 per cent law went into effect. these immigrants. of course. were not counted. Another arrived a day later than its schedule on June 3. the very day the law became effective. others arrived two or three days later. with sufficient immigrants to exceed the quota of 3.000 allowed to Italy for that fraction of the month of June. These ships hiad had neither time nor information to permit them to prorate Italys June quota of immigrants. Gentlemen. your committee. after holding hearings and giving a good deal of attention to the matter. decided not only on account of humane considerations but on account of the fact that the law did not give the time in which to clear the seas and because we were unable to distribute the quotas in time. brought in this resolution. which permits aliens who set sail prior to a certain date. in the fore part of June. coming here as immigrants. to be admitted to the United States and to be charged against the quotas within the 3 per cent for the fiscal year which begins on July 1. An amendment provides that the July quotas shall not be disturbed. The gross admissions allowed for June and for all of the next fiscal year remain exactly as they were.
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